Saturday, June 09, 2007

Performance testing with WebLOAD

According to this article, Panorama Software, a global leader in Proactive Business Intelligence (PBI) solutions, announced results of a third-party performance benchmark evaluation conducted by the QualiTest Group, a provider of software testing and quality assurance services.
QualiTest Group evaluated Panorama NovaView Scorecards and Dashboards - components of the Company's flagship solution, Panorama NovaView. The results of their analysis position Panorama NovaView Scorecards as an industry-leading solution delivering solid performance results. The analysis was carried out using WebLOAD Professional from RadView Software. WebLOAD is a leading commercial grade performance testing tool, with 1,600 installations worldwide.The results of the independent benchmark performed by QualiTest using RadView's WebLOAD software indicated the following results from Panorama NovaView Scorecards:
  • 480 concurrent users (representing an average deployment of about approximately 5,000 total users[1]) creating and updating key performance indicators (KPIs) took 0.9 seconds;
  • 950 concurrent users (approximately 10,000 total users) navigating, slicing and interacting with scorecards took 1.1 seconds; and
  • 2,000 concurrent users (approximately 20,000 total users) logging in and opening a dashboard with the scorecard view took less than 3 seconds.